Table 1 Philippine Exports to All Countries
September and August 2007 and September 2006
(F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)
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2007 | 2006 | Growth Rate
Commodity Percent| Percent| Percent| (Percent)
September p Share| August r Share| September Share| Monthly Annual
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Total 4,373.96 100.00 4,104.07 100.00 4,178.40 100.00 6.58 4.68
1 Electronic Products 2,656.22 60.73 2,592.49 63.17 2,660.90 63.68 2.46 (0.18)
a) Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 2,035.92 46.55 1,946.69 47.43 1,960.51 46.92 4.58 3.85
b) Electronic Data Processing 468.44 10.71 490.65 11.96 555.66 13.30 (4.53) (15.70)
c) Office Equipment 29.52 0.67 28.65 0.70 24.83 0.59 3.02 18.89
d) Consumer Electronics 47.59 1.09 38.82 0.95 39.04 0.93 22.59 21.89
e) Telecommunication 4.31 0.10 3.52 0.09 21.26 0.51 22.35 (79.73)
f) Communication/Radar 21.85 0.50 23.52 0.57 23.60 0.56 (7.08) (7.41)
g) Control and Instrumentation 2.56 0.06 3.89 0.09 1.92 0.05 (34.19) 33.19
h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation 3.92 0.09 3.32 0.08 1.18 0.03 18.04 232.95
i) Automotive Electronics 42.12 0.96 53.42 1.30 32.91 0.79 (21.16) 28.00
2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
Accessories 193.03 4.41 218.49 5.32 232.02 5.55 (11.65) (16.81)
3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
Of Refined copper 126.79 2.90 70.95 1.73 98.75 2.36 78.70 28.39
4 Woodcrafts and Furniture 88.92 2.03 77.46 1.89 66.76 1.60 14.80 33.20
5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
Wiring Sets used in vehicles
aircrafts and ships 1/ 85.87 1.96 70.16 1.71 74.12 1.77 22.40 15.85
6 Petroleum Products 2/ 76.71 1.75 83.63 2.04 112.16 2.68 (8.28) (31.61)
7 Coconut Oil 3/ 62.75 1.43 66.03 1.61 37.53 0.90 (4.98) 67.21
8 Other Products Manufactured from
Materials on consignment basis 57.69 1.32 52.50 1.28 85.52 2.05 9.89 (32.54)
9 Metal Components 4/ 42.68 0.98 39.74 0.97 39.51 0.95 7.40 8.01
10 Bananas (Fresh) 35.67 0.82 35.71 0.87 30.55 0.73 (0.10) 16.76
Top Ten Exports Total 3,426.31 78.33 3,307.14 80.58 3,437.80 82.28 3.60 (0.33)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products 20.58 0.47 19.72 0.48 23.22 0.56 4.31 (11.37)
12 Tuna 5/ 19.23 0.44 17.35 0.42 17.38 0.42 10.81 10.61
13 Copper Concentrates 18.40 0.42 9.42 0.23 9.56 0.23 95.28 92.37
14 Dessicated Coconut 15.52 0.35 13.76 0.34 11.71 0.28 12.74 32.48
15 Processed Tropical Fruits 15.12 0.35 12.38 0.30 11.98 0.29 22.10 26.23
16 Iron Ore Agglomerates 14.95 0.34 7.99 0.19 13.65 0.33 87.18 9.52
17 Gold 6/ 14.74 0.34 8.13 0.20 34.17 0.82 81.40 (56.85)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan 9.40 0.21 5.20 0.13 5.01 0.12 80.90 87.62
19 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
Chilled or Frozen 6.62 0.15 5.24 0.13 7.63 0.18 26.31 (13.23)
20 Christmas Decor 6.39 0.15 7.30 0.18 6.67 0.16 (12.43) (4.15)
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco 5.03 0.11 3.99 0.10 4.41 0.11 26.12 14.08
22 Basketworks 4.71 0.11 5.33 0.13 3.97 0.10 (11.59) 18.69
23 Activated Carbon 3.44 0.08 2.99 0.07 3.00 0.07 15.00 14.56
24 Copra Oil Cake or Meal 3.09 0.07 2.43 0.06 3.68 0.09 27.01 (16.01)
25 Fine Jewelry 2.78 0.06 1.62 0.04 2.04 0.05 71.20 36.52
26 Sugar 2.63 0.06 13.39 0.33 4.71 0.11 (80.36) (44.17)
27 Fertilizers, Manufactured 1.82 0.04 15.34 0.37 1.63 0.04 (88.11) 12.00
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor 1.78 0.04 1.77 0.04 1.94 0.05 0.07 (8.55)
29 Footwear 1.37 0.03 2.50 0.06 2.20 0.05 (45.28) (37.77)
30 Others 780.05 17.83 641.06 15.62 572.05 13.69 21.68 36.36
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: 1/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
2/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
3/ includes crude and refined.
4/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes
5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers
6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates
p preliminary
r revised
Growth rates were computed from actual values.
Page last updated: November 9, 2007
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